"You see I'm already like this, my husband doesn't let me be a bride, let me have a good life at home, but this Ding family has entrusted me twice before, this time the elders of the family found my family from Liuyang County, begging me to come to your house to raise relatives." Liu Xiniang said slowly, observing Deng's expression.

After she married Hong Laosan, she got dozens of taels of silver from Hong Laosan every month, and often had various rewards from the Hou Mansion, including food cloth and silver money, so she didn't have to think about being a bride all day long to earn money to support her family, and her life was better than before.

She is a twenty-seven-year-old woman, already has a pair of children, and suffers from epilepsy, she doesn't want to have any more children, it can be seen that Hong Laosan is very good to their family, and she is moved, but she doesn't want Hong Laosan to have no queen.

She asked Dr. Liu to take a look at the body, and Li Jingjing made medicine to pay for this pregnancy, which was diagnosed as a male fetus a few days ago, and will not inherit sheep epilepsy after birth.

Today, she went out to be a bride, so she didn't take a middle-aged slave with her.

Deng Shi was very surprised and asked, "But that is the daughter of Ding Fushang?" ”

Liu Xiniang patted her palm and said loudly: "Isn't it Miss Ding, she has been waiting for your master for three years." ”

Qu Chang was lying in the bedroom, and when Liu Xiniang entered the door just now, his voice was deliberately high and high, so that he could hear it in his ears.

At this time, Ziqu had already tied his hair and put on his clothes and pants, and was standing outside the hall and listening.

He couldn't believe his ears and muttered in a low voice, "Miss Ding is still waiting for me?" Deng's face was full of surprise, and he gradually put away his tears, smiled, and asked, "The Ding family entrusted you again."

Come to propose to Miss Ding and my family for a long time? ”

Liu Xiniang nodded with a smile and said, "The old lady is right again." This time, the Ding family is the same as what they said last time, and they are willing to pay 30,000 taels of silver as Miss Ding's dowry. ”

Xiao Deng was taking his two sons in the bedroom, and when he heard Liu Xiniang's voice, his heart jumped out in panic.

She went out and let the two servants go outside to play with their two sons in their arms, and then entered the hall.

Xiao Deng's joy, anger and sorrow were all on her face, and Liu Xiniang could see the good intentions at a glance, and she still nodded and smiled at her kindly.

Deng Shi smiled and said, "Thirty thousand taels!" The Ding family is really generous! ”

Liu Xiniang's voice was even higher, and she said in a very sincere tone: "Yes." The Ding family has nothing to say about your family's sincerity, Miss Ding has waited for your master for three years, except for the fact that the Ding family has been a businessman for generations, this fact is that I can't find the slightest fault. ”

Xiao Deng hurriedly spoke: "Our Qu family's ancestors are not better than the Ding family, but my grandfather is now a six-rank officer, and my father and my husband are both famous for their talents. ”

Liu Xiniang glanced at Xiao Deng's family, and said slowly to Deng's family in a serious tone: "Old lady, as the saying goes, family and everything is prosperous, if your lord marries a noble girl with status, if this girl respects you and pities the young master's family, if not?" ”

Little Deng's face was pale.

She has been a young lady for more than a year, but she forgot that she was from a humble background, and she and the Deng family's maiden family had no support, not to mention that she still needed her support.

If there is a stepmother-in-law with the identity of a noble daughter, let alone her in this family, even the Deng family will be suppressed.

Deng Shi showed gratitude, thought for a moment, and said: "It is a major event for our family to continue for a long time, my husband has gone to the Northland, and I can't respond to this family affair as a woman." I asked Chang Chang to write to my husband about this, and it was up to him to decide. ”

Liu Xiniang went home after leaving Qufu and told Hong Laosan about it in the evening.

Three days later, Hong Laosan returned home and said: "The eldest lady spoke, saying that the Li family and the Qu family are relatives, but they can't interfere in the family affairs of the Qu family, and everything is decided by the Qu family." ”

Liu Xiniang's eyes rolled, and she nodded: "It seems that the eldest lady is in favor of this family business." ”

Hong Laosan wondered: "The eldest lady didn't say this. How do you know she's in favor? ”

Liu Xiniang looked at Hong Laosan and asked with a smile, "Did the eldest lady ask you to check the Ding family?" ”

"Checked. The ancestors of the Ding family have always been engaged in firecracker trading, there are three firecracker workshops in the family, and later they did glutinous rice and medicinal herbs business. Hong Laosan said it all the bones.

Liu Xiniang then asked, "Did you also check Miss Ding's ex-husband's house?" ”

Hong Laosan was pleasantly surprised: "Lady, you are really smart enough, you can guess correctly." Yes, the eldest lady also asked me to check Miss Ding's former in-law's Zhou family. ”

Liu Xiniang said in a low voice: "The old man of the Zhou family once served as a county magistrate in the Kai Dynasty, and his family has some foundations, but his descendants are not angry, and he has lost his family. ”

Hong Laosan nodded and said, "Yes." Exactly. Miss Ding's ex-husband is the second grandson of Mr. Zhou, and after he died of illness, the Zhou family asked the Ding family for a sum of money, and let Miss Ding out of the house to allow her to remarry. ”

Liu Xiniang asked: "Then have you found out that Miss Ding's ex-husband is studying in Liuyang County Academy, and Master Qu is a classmate with him?" ”

Hong Laosan's eyes were bright, and he smiled proudly: "Lady, you really underestimate me." I've found out what you said. I also found out why Miss Ding wanted to marry Qu Changchang. ”

This time, it was Liu Xiniang's turn to ask in surprise: "Why?" ”

Hong Laosan said in a rough voice: "Words." Miss Ding once read Qu Chang's words from her ex-husband. ”

Liu Xiniang suddenly realized: "If you don't say it, I really can't imagine that Miss Ding is for this old man in the picture." ”

Hong Laosan continued: "There is also Qu Changjiu who has been admitted to Tanzhou Academy nine times in a row, and Miss Ding appreciates his perseverance. ”

"As the saying goes, in the eyes of a lover, Master Qu failed the exam nine times in a row, and in the eyes of Miss Ding, it became an advantage." Liu Xiniang laughed so much that tears overflowed.

Hong Laosan smiled and said, "I'm so ugly, isn't it beautiful in your eyes?" "The heart said: Master Hou's appearance is only a little better than mine, and he is also beautiful in the eyes of the eldest lady.

Liu Xiniang poked Hong Laosan's black forehead with her fingers, and said angrily: "I'm not ashamed." Who thinks you're beautiful? ”

On an auspicious day of the zodiac after the Qingming Festival, the sky is blue like the sea, the wind is light and the clouds are light, and the women's skills school covering an area of 15 hectares not far from Tanzhou Academy was officially established.

The powerful people who attended the inauguration ceremony of the school today were all women.

The highest grade is the wife of today's Li Taishi, the county lord Qu, followed by the founder of the school, Li Jingjing, the second-grade county lord, and then the third-grade founding marquis's wife, the county lord of He's family, the wife of Dean Hu, the wife of officials above the fifth grade in Tanzhou, and more than a dozen doctors and wives of Tanzhou Academy.

After He finished speaking, Li Jingjing, the hall master of the school, announced the establishment of the school.

Gongs and drums rang out in unison, and firecrackers were deafening. The ladies were led by Li Jingjing to enter through the gate and visit the school.

The tall white wall encloses the entire school, and the wall is full of broken porcelain pieces to prevent the disciples from peeping.

Six five-story high-rise buildings with blue bricks and white walls rise from the ground, and an artificial lake with green lotus leaves rippling in the middle.

Four flower beds are carved out between the high-rise buildings, and they are not ornamental flowers and plants, but practical herbs and medicinal flowers.

At present, there are a total of eight fixed division commanders, Ma Lan, Wang Xi, Zhang Ruiling, Li Xi, Mochiyue, Chen, Wang, and Wanglan.

Ma Lan was Li Jingjing's life-saving patient. Without Li Jingjing's help, she would have been forced to death by the Liu clan long ago, and her younger brother Ma Song would not have survived now.

Ma Lan is the deputy head of the school and teaches literacy classes.

Wang Xi and Zhang Ruiling's brother was once saved by Li Jingjing.

The royal family and the Zhang family specially sent them to the school as teachers. They teach literacy, etiquette, and arithmetic.

Li Xi is Li Jingjing's personal slave. She doesn't talk much, but she is ingenious, and she combs Li Jingjing's hairstyle every day to be very beautiful and novel. She teaches a hairstyling class.

Mochizuki served as a bodyguard by Li Jingjing's side for three years. She teaches martial arts classes herself.

Chen is the first embroidery girl in Tanzhou, and her children were abducted and seriously injured by Tanzhou accomplices in the first month of last year, and Li Jingjing saved their lives. In order to repay Li Jingjing, she accepted the invitation and came to the school to teach embroidery classes.

Wang's ancestors are all famous chefs, and I am in the top ten in Hunan Province.

The royal family opened a restaurant on the bank of the Xiangjiang River, called her over, and asked her to cook private dishes for the rich and noble.

Wang's husband died young, leaving her with only one daughter, who was trampled on the street last year and broke her leg bone, which was cured by Li Jingjing.

She thanked Li Jingjing for her great kindness and came to the school to teach cooking classes this time.

Wanglan Gu Dao is a female physician in Qingyun Guan, with an impatient personality, jealousy and hatred, and her medical skills are second only to Miaoshui Doctor Dao Gu, and her medicinal skills have also reached the level of a pharmacist.

In the first month of last year, when Wang Lan was treating a patient injured by the Tanzhou Gang in the Houfu Pharmacy, he admired Li Jingjing very much. This time, he took the initiative to propose to the Lord of Zijing to come to the school to teach medicine lessons.

The school also invited He, He Huishu, and Dr. Hong's wife Li to serve as guest teachers, and taught qin, chess, calligraphy and painting classes and the law of the dynasty twice a month.

The Lord of Zijing Guan sent twenty martial arts aunts, the master of Zifeng Guan sent ten martial arts aunts, and the He family sent twenty slaves and maids to serve as guards, cooks, and handymen in the school.

The teachers, students, handymen, and guards of the entire school are all women.

Dean Hu's wife looked at the wooden sign with the course written on it in the classroom, and said softly: "I thought that the school hosted by Jing County mainly taught medicinal arts, and who knew that medicinal arts were secondary. ”

Dr. Hung's wife, Mr. Lee, had been to the school several times and had discussed the course arrangement with Mr. Lee, and was very clear about Mr. Lee's intentions.

"Madam, there are three hundred students in the first class of the academy, and the semester is only half a year. The main goal of the county is to let the students learn the skills to bring income to their families. ”

The students are all girls from peasant families in the villages of the two counties, and after studying hard in the school for half a year, they can read and write and be able to be a bookkeeper, they can embroider and make red products to sell for money, they can cook and open a small restaurant or a chef with flowing water seats, and they can go to the rich and noble houses as short-term slaves and maids to get moon silver.

Dean Hu's wife nodded and said, "That makes sense." ”

Li continued: "There is no such thing as three or five years of medicine. The lord of Jingxian County arranged a medical class, just to let the students understand some daily medical knowledge, and in the future, if they fall into the water, there is a way to give first aid, and when they go to the mountains to chop firewood and pick mushrooms, they will not eat poisonous fruits by mistake. ”

Dean Hu's wife thought about it and nodded, "Lord Jing County has considered it thoroughly. Looking at Li Jingjing, who was walking in front of the crowd, he said in his heart: How can a small person think so much, I am afraid that this is the idea of the county lord of He.

Before the ladies came, they thought that the Women's Skills School was the same as the Tanzhou School, but it was built according to the model of a small academy, and there were actually five libraries with 2,000 books, which were much better than the Tanzhou School.

The eight female teachers in the school were deeply shocked when they saw the expressions of the ladies, and they were very proud in their hearts.

Zhang Ruiling, a female teacher who was only fifteen years old, said deliberately: "In order to build this school well, our hall master has been planning since he got the fief last year, and he spent 20,000 taels of silver on the land alone, and 70,000 taels of silver on the construction. ”

Governor Tan's wife said with a smile: "I think the county lord of Jing County has put a lot of thought into just inviting their eight division commanders to teach in the school? ”

Li Jingjing said, "You guessed wrong. ”

The ladies asked suspiciously, "Is it?" Did they come uninvited? ”

"Won't you ask them?" Li Jingjing's starry eyes were shining, and she sold a pass.

Zhang Ruiling and Wang Xi smiled and nodded, and told Li Jingjing about saving their brother.

Mrs. Shi, the governor of Tan, looked at Li Jingjing fixedly, her face full of admiration, and said: "The Lord of Jingxian County has saved countless people, and his connections are excellent. ”

The ladies praised Li Jingjing all the way, and Qu's, He's, and He Huishu were proud of her with smiles on their faces.

However, an official's wife deliberately walked up to Ma Lan and asked in surprise, "I'm not dazzled, right?" Are you Liu Lan who lied about the death of the Liu family? ”

Ma Lan was wearing a purple dress, her beautiful face remained unchanged, and she said calmly: "There is no Liu Lan in this world." I am Ma Lan of the Ma family, and now I am the deputy hall master of the school. ”

"You've mistaken someone." Seeing that He Shi was looking back, the two official wives hurriedly stepped forward and pulled the reckless official wife aside.

Mrs. Guan hurriedly said: "She must be Liu Lan." I'm not mistaken. ”

The two official wives made the official lady's voice lower, "We all know. It's just that you didn't hear what she said, she has changed her surname to Ma now, and she has nothing to do with the Liu family. ”

"Ma Lan is now the deputy hall master of the main hall of Jing County, and there is the entire Hou Mansion behind him. You talk nonsense for Mrs. Hou to listen, does your husband still want to be an official? ”

"Even if she changes her surname to Ma, she can't change the fact that she was once taken captive by the Tanzhou Gang and lost her innocence." Mrs. Guan is very stubborn, influenced by her family and her husband's family, she is particularly pedantic, and she shook her head and said: "Lord Jing County made her the deputy hall master, and who would dare to marry the female disciples she taught in the future?" ”

"You're so worried." The two official wives were afraid to talk to the official lady again, so they folded themselves in and left her quickly.

Ma Lan stood not far away, guessing the content of the conversation from the expressions of the three officials' wives, she was uneasy, she told Li Jingjing about it that day, and said guiltily: "Lord Jing, don't ruin the reputation of the school because of me." ”

"When I wanted to use you, my mother and I would definitely have someone to slander the school with your abduction, so I could think of a good way to deal with it." Li Jingjing held Ma Lan's nervous and slightly trembling hand, and said, "My method is to use the graduation results of the first batch of female students to establish a good reputation, and let the facts defeat the rumors." ”

From the beginning of the school's land purchase to the present, Li Jingjing has asked Ma Lan to participate.

Ma Lan is gentle and kind, her life has changed greatly, her character has become tenacious and unyielding, she is young but very calm, very talented, and most importantly, she has management skills.

"Thank you for giving me this chance to regain my reputation. I will definitely do my best to run the school well. Ma Lan looked at him gratefully and nodded slightly.

She has no reputation at all now, even if it is not for herself, she has to think about the future of her six-year-old brother Ma Song, and she must be a good deputy hall supervisor and good school.

Let's say that Deng looked forward to the stars and the moon, and finally received a letter from Qu Kuaishou in mid-April.

"For a long time, come and read your father's letter to me."

"Mother, my father has a letter. That's great. Qu Chang couldn't wait to open up his faith.

The content of the letter is: Qu Kuaishou asked Qu Changshou to go to Beidi immediately to work as an errand for sorting out household registration in the Yamen, and unexpectedly agreed to his marriage to Miss Ding, a merchant girl, but deliberately proposed that if Miss Ding was unwilling to go to Beidi, then don't marry her.

Qu Changchang let out a long sigh, his sunken eyes were deeply disappointed, "Mother, the errand my father found for me is to sort out the household registration, but it is a document that does not enter the stream and has no grade." ”

Deng asked, "What is a paperwork?" ”

Qu Changchang said quietly: "The clerk is the person who helps the master of the county order to do the work. He thought that he could be a master, but it was equivalent to the errand of the master's follower.

Deng asked, "My son, can you tell me what kind of work is suitable for you to do?" ”

Qu Chang bowed his head and was speechless for a while.

Deng Shi comforted: "I see that this errand that your father found for you is good, but you are an errand in the yamen, and you are a member of the imperial court." ”

Qu Changchang was too far away from what he expected because of his errand, and he was a little less concerned about marrying Miss Ding.

He felt that Miss Ding would definitely not marry him when she heard the news that she had no future as a small official in the Northland.

Deng pondered that it was a major event for the Qu family to succeed the strings for a long time, and immediately took the letter to the Li Mansion, and said very excitedly: "Sister, your eldest brother sent a letter to ask your nephew to marry again, and asked him to go to the north on an errand." ”

"It's been a long time and a lot of hard work. He should have married a long time ago. Qu's one hundred and twenty agreed, "Wangying, you can quickly show me, which day of this month is the auspicious day of the zodiac that is suitable for marriage?" ”

Deng Shi said: "Wait, you can't marry yet, you have to ask the woman if she is willing to go to the north for a long time." ”

Qu Shi urged: "Then quickly send someone to ask." ”

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